Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Contai: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haldia (49 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Contai, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 526th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 595th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Contai is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Haldia in OctoberIndia · 49 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Kharagpur in OctoberIndia · 76 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Medinīpur in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Uluberiya in OctoberIndia · 85 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Budge Budge in OctoberIndia · 90 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Balasore in OctoberIndia · 90 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Maheshtala in OctoberIndia · 96 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in OctoberIndia · 102 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 133 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.